Sunday, June 29, 2008

A blast from the pass

In my first year teaching at ESL College, we had the pleasure of teaching a mother (Yuki) and her two daughters (Yuzuka and Haruno) as they prepared for their move to Switzerland. This above picture was taken on their last day at the school.
A week ago, they came back into Hamamatsu for one evening to say hi. We had a bit of a potluck at the school and caught up with Yuki and the girls. A couple of the ladies that studied with Yuki came by too.
Poor Yuzuka had a tough time eating the delicious corn (yep more corn) one of the ladies had brought. She was missing her two front teeth.
There was also a delicious cake that someone had brought. The amazing difference was in how the two young ladies transformed. When they left they seemed a little shy about English and nervous about their trip. But on the Saturday they were talking as though they had spoken English all their lives and they were so energetic and fun to hang around with.
After all the food and the ladies had left we ended the night off with cutting up a rug to some of the school songs and the ladies had such fun dancing, even Yuki joined in a bit! It was such a good laugh and great to see how they developed speaking English every day!
Video clip tomorrow...

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